The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection

An unusual single War Medal and M.I.D. entitlement awarded to Hon. Major S. F. Davies, Army Catering Corps

War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf, together with the recipient’s original M.I.D. certificate in the name of ‘Captain (Temp.) S. F. Davies, Army Catering Corps’, and dated 29 November 1945, good very fine £20-30

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Sydney Francis Davies was commissioned in the Army Catering Corps from No. 123 O.C.T. Regiment, Royal Artillery in June 1941 and, although employed as a Catering Assistant in the Central Mediterranean Force from December 1943 to October 1945, witnessed no active service. Pre-war he had been employed at the Trocadero, and the Strand Palace and Cumberland Hotels in London; sold with hand written service details.